Josep Pla Award

The Josep Pla Award (Spanish: Premio Josep Pla; Catalan: Premi Josep Pla) is a Spanish literary prize, awarded by the Destino publishing house since 1968, to a prose text written in Catalan. It is open to all genres: novel, short story, narrative, travel book, memoir, biography, diary, etc. Its name pays tribute to Josep Pla, considered one of the most important prose writers of contemporary Catalan literature.

Josep Pla Award
Awarded forCatalan literature
Sponsored byEdiciones Destino
Date6 January
VenueHotel El Palace, Barcelona
CountrySpain
First awarded1968
Websitewww.planetadelibros.com/editorial-ediciones-destino-7.html?IdPack=11&IdPildora=8

It is one of the most prestigious prizes awarded to literature in Catalan. The award ceremony takes place every 6 January, during the night of Epiphany, at the Hotel El Palace in Barcelona. The Premio Nadal is also awarded at the same ceremony.[1]

Winners
Edition
Year
Work
Author
Ref.
1st 1968 Onades sobre una roca deserta Terenci Moix [2]
2nd 1969 Difunts sota els ametllers en flor Baltasar Porcel [1]
3rd 1970 El testament de Praga Teresa Pàmies [1]
4th 1971 Els alicorns Gabriel Janer Manila
5th 1972 El temps barrat Alexandre Cirici [1]
6th 1973 Andrea Victrix Llorenç Villalonga
7th 1974 El vel de Maia Marià Manent [1]
8th 1975 Historia del cercle artistic de Sant Lluc Enric Jardí
9th 1976 Contraataquen Carles Reig
10th 1977 Josep Pla o la raó narrativa Josep Maria Castellet [1]
11th 1978 Les closes Maria Àngels Anglada
12th 1979 Gent que he conegut Jaume Miravitlles [1]
13th 1980 La noia a la sorra Jordi Sarsanedas
14th 1981 El cingle verd Josep Piera
15th 1982 Interior amb difunts Olga Xirinacs
16th 1983 Fins al cel Pau Faner
17th 1984 Papers contra la cinta magnética Norbert Bilbeny
18th 1985 Tretze biografies imperfectes Gerard Vergés
19th 1986 El present que m'acull Maria Mercè Roca
20th 1987 El solc de les hores Albert Manent
21st 1988 Quadern venecià Àlex Susanna
22nd 1989–1990 Illa Flaubert Miquel Àngel Riera
23rd 1991 El cortesà i el seu fantasma Xavier Rubert de Ventós
24th 1992 La japonesa Jordi Coca
25th 1993 El cap de Penteu Xavier Roca Ferrer
26th 1994 Dins el darrer blau Carme Riera
27th 1995 Dibuix de dona amb ocells blancs Isabel Olesti
28th 1996 Cita a tombuctú Pep Subirós
29th 1997 El legislador Miquel de Palol
30th 1998 L'home de l'abric Valentí Puig [1]
31st 1999 Apocalipsi blanc Francesc Puigpelat
32nd 2000 Feli estheticienne Empar Moliner
33rd 2001 Nitrato de Chile Jordi Llavina
34th 2002 Una victòria diferent Eva Piquer
35th 2003 L'últim evangeli Héctor Bofill
36th 2004 La llibreta groga Robert Saladrigas [3]
37th 2005 La pell i la princesa Sebastià Alzamora
38th 2006 El mal francés Lluís Maria Todó
39th 2007 El retorn de Voltaire Martí Domínguez
40th 2008 La batalla de Walter Stamm Melcior Comes
41st 2009 El silenci Gaspar Hernàndez
42nd 2010 Egosurfing Llucia Ramis [1]
43rd 2011 El cau del conill Cristian Segura [4]
44th 2012 Quan érem feliços Rafel Nadal [5]
45th 2013 Una famíla exemplar Genís Sinca [6]
46th 2014 Els ambaixadors Albert Villaró i Boix [7]
47th 2015 El poeta del poble Andreu Carranza [8]
48th 2016 Aquella porta giratòria Lluís Foix [9]
49th 2017 La fada negra Xavier Theros [10]
50th 2018 Bon dia, són les vuit! Antoni Bassas i Onieva [11]
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References
  1. Geli, Carles (6 January 2018). "El premi Pla, 'germà català' del Nadal, fa 50 anys" [50 Years of the Pla Award, 'Catalan Brother' of the Nadal]. El País (in Catalan). Barcelona. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. "Terenci nuestro que estás en el Nilo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 April 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. Moret, Xavier (7 January 2004). "Robert Saladrigas obtiene el Josep Pla con las reflexiones de un piloto en crisis" [Robert Saladrigas Receives the Josep Pla with Reflections of a Pilot in Crisis]. El País (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. jorge.andreu (8 January 2011). "Premio Nadal y Premi Josep Pla 2011". Libros y Libretas (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  5. Fernández, Laura (6 January 2012). "Álvaro Pombo gana el Premio Nadal" [Álvaro Pombo Wins the Premio Nadal]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  6. "Genís Sinca recibe el 45 Premi Josep Pla con una sátira sobre las relaciones familiares en Catalunya" [Genís Sinca Receives the 45th Josep Pla Award with a Satire on Family Relations in Catalonia] (in Spanish). Barcelona. Europa Press. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. "Albert Villaró, premi Josep Pla". Nació Digital (in Catalan). 6 January 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  8. "Andreu Carranza guanya el premi Josep Pla amb 'El poeta del poble'" [Andreu Carranza Wins the Josep Pla Award with 'El poeta del poble']. Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  9. "Les memòries de Lluís Foix s'emporten el premi Josep Pla" [Lluís Foix's Memoirs Receive the Josep Pla Award]. Ara (in Catalan). 6 January 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  10. Hevia, Elena (6 January 2017). "El Nadal y el Pla premian a Care Santos y a Xavier Theros". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  11. Plantada, Esteve (6 January 2018). "Antoni Bassas, premi Josep Pla amb unes memòries sobre l'etapa a Catalunya Ràdio" [Antoni Bassas, Josep Pla Award for Memoirs About the Stage on Catalunya Ràdio]. Nació Digital (in Catalan). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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